General approaches to identification of aerobic gram-positive cocci

Manual of Clinical Microbiology: Tenth Edition

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2022, Pages 304-307

  Ruoff, Kathryn L ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic gram positive cocci; Enterococcus; Staphylococcus; Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879449109     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1128/9781555816728.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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